I've been worried all my life

She stalked forward, intent on her prey until a quiet noise caused her ears to flatten toward the mountain at her rear. With a fair swoop she sung her head around, while golden eyes scoured the base of the cliff. It was there she saw him, dark head leaned out of a crack in the wall, and Kaihra stiffened. Yet the woman made no further attempt to face her company. Instead she watched, back toward him and head turned over her shoulders, gaze set on the man with searching uncertainty. If he did not approach her, then she would let him be. But if he advanced... Kaihra already found her thoughts mapping out routes of escape, through passageways she'd scouted upon her arrival here.